Back to Learning MagnetWhy is it important to cite your sources?

  1. You are giving credit to the author of the original work, who provided you with the information or idea. One day, it will be your work that someone else is citing!
  2. You are demonstrating how much care you took to locate, explore, and understand the information available on your topic.
  3. You are giving others the opportunity to go to your original source to find out more and extend their own learning.
  4. Citing your sources helps you to avoid plagiarism.
  5. You are demonstrating respect, honesty and integrity, as well as your skill as a researcher.

Citation resources

At ISL Qatar, the MLA citation format and style is used
Sample Paper written in MLA Style (OWL Purdue)






EasyBib Referencing a website in MLA
With screen shots to explain exactly what is meant by all the requirements for your Works Cited page.

EasyBib MLA 7 Reference Guide

EasyBib Understanding Citations


Social Media Citation Guide
Blogpost, Youtube, Facebook page, email, tweets.
Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)

OWL Purdue Formatting and Style Guide

A comprehensive guide to all aspects of referencing
and citation.

Use the links on the home page to access help with:

how to format your paper
how to format your Works Cited page
in-text citations
citing your references
State College of Florida
Citing online images in MLA
A straightforward list of requirements.

Bibme.org - Citing Photographs
including photographs that you have taken yourself!

University of Maryland
Helpful site, with examples for in-text citations and referencing

MLA 7 Cheat Sheet - Rutgers


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Copyright and Creative CommonsCreative Commons provides an environment
in which the artist, writer, photographer,
musician,moviemaker who created a work is
given due credit,but also has the power to
allow others to use,remix and adapt his work
if he so wishes.
Creative Commons protects the original creator,
and supports the community of artists.
Creative Commons licences take the anxiety
out of using images, music, video and other
original work. Make sure you are familiar with
Creative Commons licences.
A selection of videos explaining what
Creative Commons is, and how to make
use of the licences.
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Free to use images and
music
PublicDomain or Creative
Commons

While this media is free to use, it
still must be cited.

Using Creative Commons images from Flickr

Wikimedia Commons -
Images, sound, Video


If material is copyrighted, it cannot be
used without obtaining permission
from the creator - write and ask!
MLA Citations - Don't eat yellow snow Wayne Hodgkinson